OHSAA passes competitive balance plan

1:45 AM,
May 17, 2014

Written by

Larry Phillips
CentralOhio.com

The landscape of Ohio High School Athletic Association team tournaments will undergo a significant change starting in the 2016-17 school year.

It was announced today member schools voted 411 to 323 (56 percent to 44 percent) for a measure that will fundamentally balance the state team tournaments in football, boys and girls basketball, baseball, softball, boys and girls soccer and volleyball. Only a simple majority vote among the 825 Ohio high school principals was needed for passage.

"From the group that was pushing a petition to split (public and private school tournaments), if the ...